Beach Haven West vs Point Pleasant Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Beach Haven West and Point Pleasant Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Beach Haven West and Point Pleasant Beach are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beach Haven West has the higher population (5,164 vs 4,826 in Point Pleasant Beach). Point Pleasant Beach has the higher median household income ($131,641 vs $116,949 in Beach Haven West). Point Pleasant Beach has the higher median home value ($813,500 vs $577,500 in Beach Haven West).

Population, income & housing

	Beach Haven West	Point Pleasant Beach
Population	5,164	4,826
Median age	59.1 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$116,949	$131,641
Median home value	$577,500	$813,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,717
Housing units	4,633	2,856
Homeownership rate	96.7%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	59.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beach Haven West	Point Pleasant Beach
Population	3,682 → 5,164 (+40.2%)	4,537 → 4,826 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$87,586 → $116,949 (+33.5%)	$103,940 → $131,641 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$403,700 → $577,500 (+43.1%)	$608,000 → $813,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,429 → $1,691 (+18.3%)	$1,417 → $1,717 (+21.2%)

Beach Haven West

Population

3,6825,164

Median household income

$87,586$116,949

Median home value

$403,700$577,500

Median gross rent

$1,429$1,691

Point Pleasant Beach

Population

4,5374,826

Median household income

$103,940$131,641

Median home value

$608,000$813,500

Median gross rent

$1,417$1,717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beach Haven West	Point Pleasant Beach
Under 5	0.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	7.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	14.4%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	7.2%	9.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	18.9%	18.5%
65 to 74	19.9%	11.0%
75 and over	16.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beach Haven West	Point Pleasant Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beach Haven West	Point Pleasant Beach
No high school diploma	6.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	25.1%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	43.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beach Haven West	Point Pleasant Beach
Drove alone	73.5%	53.1%
Carpooled	14.4%	9.9%
Public transit	1.3%	6.1%
Walked	0.3%	15.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	11.0%
Other means	0.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beach Haven West	Point Pleasant Beach
1-unit, detached	96.3%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beach Haven West	Point Pleasant Beach
Poverty rate	3.4%	11.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1984	1960